The History of England's Cathedrals
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- Author：Nicholas Orme
- ISBN：030027548X
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Reviews
Richard Hakes
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It was always going to be a dry book with a title like it has。 The book stayed specifically to its title， 'No Westminster Abbey' allowed。 If you split the subject into hardware and software， its the hardware I am mostly interested in。 The early parts of the book seem to cover that quite well and I suppose less is known of the software。 In the later part the software takes over and I am afraid I lost it a bit in thenuance of differing services and their timings。 It does help the overall understan It was always going to be a dry book with a title like it has。 The book stayed specifically to its title， 'No Westminster Abbey' allowed。 If you split the subject into hardware and software， its the hardware I am mostly interested in。 The early parts of the book seem to cover that quite well and I suppose less is known of the software。 In the later part the software takes over and I am afraid I lost it a bit in thenuance of differing services and their timings。 It does help the overall understanding of these magnificent buildings。 。。。more
Colin
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This is an outstanding book。 It does exactly what it says on the tin。 It offers an historical survey of the development of English cathedrals from Roman times to the present day。 It is not a guidebook to the cathedral buildings （there are many of those， both individually and collectively）。 Rather it describes how the cathedrals came to be founded and how the organisations of bishoprics and dioceses were formed and then changed over the centuries。 It embraces both Church of England and Catholic c This is an outstanding book。 It does exactly what it says on the tin。 It offers an historical survey of the development of English cathedrals from Roman times to the present day。 It is not a guidebook to the cathedral buildings （there are many of those， both individually and collectively）。 Rather it describes how the cathedrals came to be founded and how the organisations of bishoprics and dioceses were formed and then changed over the centuries。 It embraces both Church of England and Catholic cathedrals。I have been interested in cathedrals since my childhood but until this book， I had not understood the meaning of "Old Foundation" or "New Foundation"， for example。 This book explains this and the other organisational features in clear and accessible terms。 Architecture is of course discussed but very much as an historical theme。The book is well illustrated with a selection of photographs， plans and especially charming paintings， and there is an excellent glossary of terms which helps you to fix the account in your mind。This is a work of scholarship but also aimed at the general and informed reader， and it will certainly enhance and stimulate interest in these wonderful creations。 。。。more
Andrea Engle
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